2019 UCLA Bruins football team
The 2019 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bruins play their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. UCLA competed as a member of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. The team was led by second-year head coach Chip Kelly. The Bruins began the season 1–5 before winning three straight games. However, the Bruins then lost their final three games of the season. They finished the season 4–8 overall and 4–5 in Pac-12 play, tying Arizona State for third place in the Pac-12 South Division, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 417 to 320.


2019 UCLA Bruins football team, Previous season
The Bruins finished the 2018 season 3–9 overall, 3–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place in the South Division. Their 3–9 record was their worst record since 1971.


2019 UCLA Bruins football team, Offseason, Coaching changes
Outside linebackers and special teams coach Roy Manning left to become the cornerbacks coach at Oklahoma. He was replaced by Jason Kaufusi.


2019 UCLA Bruins football team, Preseason, Pac-12 media days, Pac-12 media poll
In the 2019 Pac-12 preseason media poll, UCLA was voted to finish in a tie for third with Arizona State in third place in the South Division.


2019 UCLA Bruins football team, Preseason, Recruits
The Bruins signed a total of 15 recruits during the Early Signing Period.


2019 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, at Stanford
Dorian Thompson-Robinson returned from a leg injury the month before to throw for two touchdowns and run for another to lead UCLA to a 34–16 win over Stanford, ending their 11-game losing streak against the Cardinal. It was the Bruins longest against any opponent in their first 100 years of football. Joshua Kelley ran for 176 yards on 18 carries for the Bruins. Their defense limited Stanford to a season-low 198 yards and totalled seven sacks, almost equalling their previous season total of nine.


2019 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
Joshua Kelley ran 34 times for 164 yards and a career-high four touchdowns in a 42–32 upset over No. 24 Arizona State.


2019 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Colorado
The Bruins won 31–14 over Colorado for coach Chip Kelly's first three-game winning steak with the team. It was their fourth win of the season, exceeding their total from a year earlier. Thompson-Robinson returned from a knee injury the previous game to pass for 226 yards and two touchdowns, and added 38 yards rushing. Kelley rushed for 126 yards and two touchdowns. UCLA had 426 yards in total offense; they ran for over 200 yards for five consecutive games for the first time since 1978.


2019 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, at Utah
The Bruins committed a season-high five turnovers in a 49–3 loss to No. 7 Utah. They fell behind 28–3 in the first half, when Thompson-Robinson committed two of his four turnovers. Three times in the half they were inside the Utes' 30-yard line, but managed just three points. They went scoreless in the final 51:55 of the game. Utes running back Zack Moss had 181 of his 200 all-purpose yards by halftime. For the contest, UCLA scored just once in four trips to the red zone, turning it over the other three times. They established a season low for points, and were held without a touchdown for the first time since a 50–0 loss to USC in 2011.


2019 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, at Utah
The Utes outgained the Bruins 536–269 in total yards. UCLA gained just 50 yards rushing against a defense that entered No. 1 in the nation against the run. Kelley had 78 yards rushing on 4.1 yards per carry.


2019 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, at USC
UCLA surrendered 643 total yards to No. 23 USC as the Bruins lost 52–35. Trojans quarterback Kedon Slovis set a USC school record with 515 passing yards, which was also the most in the rivalry's history. The Trojans established a school record with four receivers each catching for over 100 yards. The game began well for UCLA, who scored on their opening drive, like they had in their four previous wins on the season. They were up 7–3 late in the first quarter and driving on the USC 27 when Thompson-Robinson was intercepted. The Bruins were behind 24–14 at halftime. They drew to within 45–35 with 12:16 remaining in the game after scoring touchdowns on three straight possessions in the second half.


2019 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, at USC
Kelley was held to 45 yards rushing after gaining a rivalry-record 289 a year before against the Trojans. With the defense focused on the Bruins running back, Thompson-Robinson compiled 431 yards in total offense along with four touchdowns. He was 26-of-44 passing for 367 yards and three touchdowns with one interception, and ran for 64 yards and another touchdown. The loss pushed UCLA out of contention for a bowl game, and assured them of four straight losing seasons for the first time since 1924.


2019 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, vs. California
UCLA lost 28–18 to California for their fourth straight losing season and second under coach Kelly. The Golden Bears, who entered with the worst offense in the Pac-12, were led by quarterback Chase Garbers's 230 yards passing and running back Christopher Brown Jr.'s 111 yards rushing and two touchdowns. UCLA lost their last three games, allowing an average of 43 points per game.


2019 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, vs. California
Kelley ran for 76 yards to become the eighth Bruin to run for 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons. The attendance of 38,102 gave UCLA an average home crowd of 43,848 for the season, its worst since moving to the Rose Bowl in 1982. Their previous low was 49,107 in 1995.


2019 UCLA Bruins men's soccer team
The 2019 UCLA Bruins men's soccer team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2019 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 16. It was the program's 83rd season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 20th season in the Pac-12 Conference. The 2019 season was Ryan Jorden's first year as head coach for the program.


2019 UCLA Bruins men's soccer team, Background
On April 29, 2019, Jorden was announced as the head coach of the UCLA Bruins men's soccer program. This hiring came following the resignation and indictment of previous head coach Jorge Salcedofor his alleged participation in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal.


2019 UCLA Bruins softball team
The 2019 UCLA Bruins softball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2019 college softball season. The Bruins were coached by Kelly Inouye-Perez, in her thirteenth season. The Bruins played their home games at Easton Stadium and finished with a record of 56–6. They competed in the Pac-12 Conference, where they finished tied for first with a 20–4 record.


2019 UCLA Bruins softball team
The Bruins were invited to the 2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, where they swept the Los Angeles Regional and Super Regional and then completed a run through the Women's College World Series to claim their eleventh Women's College World Series Championship. The Bruins had earlier claimed an AIAW title in 1978 and NCAA titles in 1982, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2004, and 2010. The 1995 championship was vacated by the NCAA.


2019 UConn Huskies football team
The 2019 UConn Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut (UConn) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Huskies were led by head coach Randy Edsall, who was in the third year of his second stint as head coach at the school. The team played their home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut, and competed as members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 0–8 in AAC play to finish in last place in the East Division. The 2019 season was the Huskies' last as members of the American Athletic Conference.


2019 UConn Huskies football team, Preseason, Coaching changes
In January 2019, head coach Randy Edsall announced the hiring of Lou Spanos to be the new defensive coordinator, replacing the fired Billy Crocker. Spanos had spent the 2018 season as an analyst at Alabama. In February, offensive coordinator John Dunn unexpectedly left to join the staff of the New York Jets. Offensive line coach Frank Giufre was promoted to become the new offensive coordinator.


2019 UConn Huskies football team, Preseason, Personnel changes
On July 30, 2019, it was announced that linebacker Eli Thomas was retiring from football after suffering a stroke.


2019 UConn Huskies football team, Preseason, AAC media poll
The AAC media poll was released on July 16, 2019, with the Huskies predicted to finish sixth in the AAC East Division.


2019 UConn Huskies football team, Schedule
UConn's 2019 schedule began with three non-conference games: at home against Wagner of the Northeast Conference, at home against Illinois of the Big Ten Conference, and on the road against Indiana, also of the Big Ten Conference. Their fourth non-conference game came mid-season against rival UMass, a football independent. In American Athletic Conference play, the Huskies played the other members of the East Division and draw Houston, Navy, and Tulane from the West Division. They did not play Memphis, SMU, or Tulsa as part of the regular season.


2019 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, Wagner
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut


2019 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, Illinois
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut


2019 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, South Florida
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut


2019 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, Houston
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut


2019 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, Navy
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut


2019 UConn Huskies football team, Game summaries, East Carolina
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut


2019 UConn Huskies men's soccer team
The 2019 UConn Huskies men's soccer team represented the University of Connecticut during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2019 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 5. It was the program's 89th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 7th and final season in the AAC. The 2019 season was Ray Reid's twenty-third year as head coach for the program.


2019 UConn Huskies men's soccer team, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 UEC European Track Championships
The 2019 UEC European Track Championships was the tenth edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, between 16 and 20 October 2019. The event was organised by the European Cycling Union. All European champions were awarded the UEC European Champion jersey which may be worn by the champion throughout the year when competing in the same event at other competitions.


2019 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior)
The 2019 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) was the 19th continental championships for European under-23 and junior track cyclists, and the 10th since the event was renamed following the reorganisation of European track cycling in 2010. The event took place at the Vlaams Wielercentrum Eddy Merckx in Ghent, Belgium from 9 to 14 July 2019.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's 1 km time trial
The men's 1 km time trial competition at the 2019  UEC European Track Championships was held on 20 October 2019.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's elimination race
The men's elimination race competition at the 2019  UEC European Track Championships was held on 16 October 2019.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's individual pursuit
The men's individual pursuit competition at the 2019  UEC European Track Championships was held on 19 October 2019.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's individual pursuit, Results, Qualifying
The first two racers raced for gold, the third and fourth fastest rider raced for the bronze medal.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's keirin
The men's keirin competition at the 2019  UEC European Track Championships was held on 19 October 2019.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's keirin, Results, First round
The first two riders in each heat qualified to the second round, all other riders advanced to the first round repechages.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's keirin, Results, First round repechage
The first rider in each heat qualified to the second round.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's keirin, Results, Second round
The first three riders in each heat qualified to final 1–6, all other riders advanced to final 7–12.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's madison
The men's madison competition at the 2019 UEC European Track Championships was held on 20 October 2019.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's omnium
The men's omnium competition at the 2019  UEC European Track Championships was held on 18 October 2019.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's omnium, Results, Points race and final standings
The final ranking is given by the sum of the points obtained in the 4 specialties.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's points race
The men's points race competition at the 2019  UEC European Track Championships was held on 19 October 2019.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's scratch
The men's scratch competition at the 2019  UEC European Track Championships was held on 17 October 2019.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's scratch, Results
First rider across the line without a net lap loss wins.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's sprint
The men's sprint competition at the 2019  UEC European Track Championships was held on 17 and 18 October 2019.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's sprint, Results, Qualifying
The top 8 riders qualified for the 1/8 finals, 9th to 24th places qualified for the 1/16 finals.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's sprint, Results, Quarterfinals
Matches are extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceed to the semifinals.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's sprint, Results, Semifinals
Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit
The men's team pursuit competition at the 2019  UEC European Track Championships was held on 16 and 17 October 2019.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit, Results, First round
First round heats were held as follows:Heat 1: 6th v 7th fastestHeat 2: 5th v 8th fastestHeat 3: 2nd v 3rd fastestHeat 4: 1st v 4th fastest


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit, Results, First round
The winners of heats 3 and 4 proceeded to the gold medal race. The remaining six teams were ranked on time, from which the top two proceeded to the bronze medal race.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team sprint
The men's team sprint competition at the 2019  UEC European Track Championships was held on 16 October 2019.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team sprint, Results, First round
First round heats were held as follows:Heat 1: 4th v 5th fastestHeat 2: 3rd v 6th fastestHeat 3: 2nd v 7th fastestHeat 4: 1st v 8th fastest


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team sprint, Results, First round
The heat winners were ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceeded to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceeded to the bronze medal final.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's 500 m time trial
The women's 500 m time trial competition at the 2019  UEC European Track Championships was held on 20 October 2019.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's elimination race
The women's elimination race competition at the 2019  UEC European Track Championships was held on 17 October 2019.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's individual pursuit
The women's individual pursuit competition at the 2019  UEC European Track Championships was held on 18 October 2019.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's individual pursuit, Results, Qualifying
The first two racers raced for gold, the third and fourth fastest rider raced for the bronze medal.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's keirin
The women's keirin competition at the 2019  UEC European Track Championships was held on 19 October 2019.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's keirin, Results, First round
The first two riders in each heat qualified to the second round, all other riders advanced to the first round repechages.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's keirin, Results, First round repechage
The first rider in each heat qualified to the second round.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's keirin, Results, Second round
The first three riders in each heat qualified to final 1–6, all other riders advanced to final 7–12.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's madison
The women's madison competition at the 2019  UEC European Track Championships was held on 20 October 2019.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's omnium
The women's omnium competition at the 2019  UEC European Track Championships was held on 18 October 2019.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's omnium, Results, Points race and final standings
The final ranking is given by the sum of the points obtained in the 4 specialties.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's points race
The women's points race competition at the 2019  UEC European Track Championships was held on 19 October 2019.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's scratch
The women's scratch competition at the 2019  UEC European Track Championships was held on 16 October 2019. Emily Nelson of Great Britain won the gold medal.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's scratch, Results
First rider across the line without a net lap loss wins.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's sprint
The women's sprint competition at the 2019  UEC European Track Championships was held on 17 and 18 October 2019.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's sprint, Results, Qualifying
The top 8 riders qualified for the 1/8 finals, 9th to 24th places qualified for the 1/16 finals.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's sprint, Results, Quarterfinals
Matches are extended to a best-of-three format hereon; winners proceed to the semifinals.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's sprint, Results, Semifinals
Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit
The women's team pursuit competition at the 2019  UEC European Track Championships was held on 16 and 17 October 2019.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit, Results, First round
First round heats were held as follows:Heat 1: 6th v 7th fastestHeat 2: 5th v 8th fastestHeat 3: 2nd v 3rd fastestHeat 4: 1st v 4th fastest


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit, Results, First round
The winners of heats 3 and 4 proceeded to the gold medal race. The remaining six teams were ranked on time, from which the top two proceeded to the bronze medal race.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team sprint
The women's team sprint competition at the 2019  UEC European Track Championships, in the Netherlands was held on 16 October 2019.


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team sprint, Results, First round
First round heats were held as follows:Heat 1: 4th v 5th fastestHeat 2: 3rd v 6th fastestHeat 3: 2nd v 7th fastestHeat 4: 1st v 8th fastest


2019 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team sprint, Results, First round
The heat winners were ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceeded to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceeded to the bronze medal final.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2019 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, the 64th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA and the 27th season since it was rebranded the UEFA Champions League. It was played at the Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid, Spain on 1 June 2019, between English sides Tottenham Hotspur (in their first European Cup final) and Liverpool (in their ninth overall and their second in a row, having been defeated by Real Madrid in 2018).


2019 UEFA Champions League Final
It was the seventh Champions League final – and the fourth of the decade – to feature two teams from the same association, and the second all-English final (the first was in 2008). It was also the first final since 2013 to not feature at least one Spanish team, with Real Madrid and Barcelona having shared the previous five titles between them.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final
Liverpool won the final 2–0, with a penalty which was scored after 106 seconds by Mohamed Salah and a goal by substitute Divock Origi after 87 minutes. As winners, for the sixth time overall and the first time since 2005, Liverpool earned the right to play in the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, as well as against Chelsea, the winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup, winning in both competitions. They also secured qualification for the group stage of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League. As Liverpool had already qualified through their league position, the reserved berth was given to Red Bull Salzburg, the champions of the 2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga, the 11th-ranked association according to next season's access list.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final
In March 2018, UEFA announced that a fourth substitution would be allowed in extra time and that the number of substitutes would be increased from 7 to 12. The kick-off time was also changed from 20:45 CEST to 21:00 CEST. The match was also the first Champions League final to use the video assistant referee (VAR) system.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Teams
In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Venue
This was the fifth European Cup/UEFA Champions League Final held in Madrid, after the 1957, 1969, 1980 and 2010 finals, all held at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Venue
The 67,000-seat Metropolitano Stadium is the home of Atlético Madrid, who have occupied it since major renovations were completed in September 2017. Due to UEFA regulations regarding naming rights of non-tournament sponsors, the stadium was referred to as the "Estadio Metropolitano" in all UEFA materials.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Venue, Host selection
For the first time, UEFA launched an open bidding process to select the venues of the club competition finals (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Women's Champions League and UEFA Super Cup). The bidding process was opened on 9 December 2016 and associations were given until 27 January 2017 to express interest and 6 June 2017 to submit bid dossiers to UEFA.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Venue, Host selection
UEFA announced on 3 February 2017 that the associations of Azerbaijan and Spain had expressed interest in hosting the Champions League final. On 7 June 2017, UEFA confirmed that they submitted bids for the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final, with Azerbaijan proposing the 68,700-seat Baku Olympic Stadium and Spain proposing the then-unfinished Wanda Metropolitano, which would hold 67,000 spectators. The bid evaluation report was published by UEFA on 14 September 2017. The Wanda Metropolitano was selected as the venue by the UEFA Executive Committee on 20 September 2017, while the Baku Olympic Stadium was successful in its bid to host the 2019 UEFA Europa League Final.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
Tottenham Hotspur reached their first ever Champions League final, becoming the eighth unique finalist from England and the fortieth overall. They were the first final debutants since fellow English and London club Chelsea in 2008. It was the fifth time they had appeared in the final of a UEFA competition, having played in one Cup Winners' Cup final (winning in 1963 to become the first British team to win a European trophy) and three UEFA Cup finals (winning in 1972 and 1984 and losing in 1974). Had they won the final, they would have become the third English club, as well as the sixth club overall, to have won all three major European trophies (European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League and the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup).


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
In eight matches, they had a record of four wins, one draw and three losses in European competitions against fellow English clubs. Of the four ties, Tottenham won two: against Manchester City in this season's quarter-finals, and against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 1972 UEFA Cup Final, the inaugural final of the competition, becoming the first British team to win two different European trophies.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
Liverpool reached their ninth overall final, an English record, as well as their second in a row, having lost to Real Madrid in 2018. They had won the competition on five occasions (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984 and 2005) and lost three times (1985, 2007 and 2018). This was also their 14th final in UEFA competitions, having played in one Cup Winners' Cup final (losing in 1966) and four UEFA Cup/Europa League finals (winning in 1973, 1976 and 2001, and losing in 2016).


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
In twenty matches, Liverpool had a record of seven wins, eight draws (one of which they won on penalties) and five losses in European competitions against fellow English clubs. Most recently, they won both legs against Manchester City in the 2017–18 Champions League quarter-finals. The match was the third Champions League final for manager Jürgen Klopp, who had lost both previous finals, with Borussia Dortmund in 2013 and with Liverpool in 2018.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
The final was the 171st competitive meeting between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool, with a record of 79 Liverpool wins, 48 Tottenham wins and 43 draws. The sides met twice during the 2018–19 Premier League season, with Liverpool winning 2–1 on both occasions. They had faced each other once before in a European tie, meeting in the semi-final of the 1972–73 UEFA Cup; Liverpool won the first leg 1–0 at home and Tottenham won the second meeting 2–1, though Liverpool advanced to the final on away goals, before beating Borussia Mönchengladbach in the final. Domestically, the sides had met once in a cup final, with Liverpool winning 3–1 after extra time in the 1982 Football League Cup Final. Both managers were seeking their first major title with their respective clubs.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
The match was the first final since 2013 not to feature a Spanish team, with Real Madrid (2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018) and Barcelona (2015) having won the previous five seasons of the competition. It was also the first final to be won by an English team since Chelsea in 2012, as well as the second all-English final, after Manchester United and Chelsea in 2008. Overall, the match was the seventh final to feature two teams from the same association, previously achieved on three occasions by Spanish teams (2000, 2014 and 2016), and once by Italian (2003) and German (2013) teams, in addition to England in 2008.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
As Chelsea and Arsenal also reached the 2019 UEFA Europa League Final, this was the first season to have multiple finals of major European club competitions featuring teams from a single nation.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur, making their first appearance in a European competition final since 1984 and their first ever in the European Cup final, qualified directly for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage as the third-placed team in the 2017–18 Premier League. They were drawn into Group B alongside Spanish champions Barcelona, Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven and Inter Milan of Italy, all of whom are former European champions.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Tottenham Hotspur
Spurs began their Champions League campaign at the San Siro in Milan, where they lost 2–1 to Inter after conceding twice in the final minutes of the match. At Wembley Stadium in London, the club's temporary home, Tottenham lost 4–2 to Barcelona and fell to third place in Group B. Spurs drew 2–2 with PSV Eindhoven on matchday 3, played in the Netherlands, but lost goalkeeper Hugo Lloris to a red card and conceded a late equalising goal to Luuk de Jong in the 87th minute.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham conceded early to PSV in the home leg at Wembley, but two goals from Harry Kane late in the second half gave the team their first Champions League win of the season. Against Inter at Wembley, substitute Christian Eriksen's 80th-minute goal gave Spurs a 1–0 victory and prevented the club from being eliminated. The final group stage match against Barcelona at Camp Nou began with an early goal for the home side, but a late equaliser by Lucas Moura preserved a 1–1 draw for Tottenham. The team finished level on points with Inter, but advanced to the knockout stage on head-to-head away goals as group runners-up to Barcelona.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham faced German club Borussia Dortmund in the round of 16, marking the second time in three years that the two teams had met in a European competition. Spurs won 3–0 with a dominant performance in the first leg at home, highlighted by second-half goals from Son Heung-min, Jan Vertonghen and Fernando Llorente. The second leg at the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund ended as a 1–0 win for the visitors, with a goal by Harry Kane early in the second half bringing the tie to 4–0 on aggregate and sending Tottenham to the quarter-finals.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Tottenham Hotspur
The club was drawn in the quarter-finals against their compatriots and reigning English champions Manchester City, with two legs scheduled within 11 days of a Premier League fixture between the clubs. Tottenham hosted the first leg, the first European tie at the newly-completed Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and won 1–0 thanks to a goal scored by Son Heung-min in the 78th minute, following an earlier penalty from City's Sergio Agüero in the first half that was saved by Hugo Lloris.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester City took an early 3–2 lead within 21 minutes to open the second leg, including two goals apiece for Son and City's Raheem Sterling and an additional goal scored by Bernardo Silva. Agüero's goal in the 59th minute gave Manchester City a 4–3 lead on aggregate in the series, but Fernando Llorente scored in the 73rd minute to tie the series once again and give Tottenham an advantage on away goals.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Tottenham Hotspur
Sterling scored a fifth goal for City in the third minute of stoppage time, but it was ruled out by the video assistant referee for an offside during the buildup to the goal, giving Tottenham a victory on away goals to send them to their first European Cup semi-final since 1962.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Tottenham Hotspur
In the semi-finals, Tottenham faced Dutch club Ajax, who had won the European Cup four times. A resurgent Ajax had entered the competition through the qualifying rounds with a young squad and went on to eliminate reigning holders Real Madrid in the round of 16 and Juventus in the quarter-finals. Spurs, missing forwards Harry Kane and Son Heung-min, among others, to injuries, lost 1–0 in the first leg at home, Ajax's lone goal coming in the 15th minute from Donny van de Beek.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Tottenham Hotspur
Ajax began the second leg at their Johan Cruyff Arena with goals from Matthijs de Ligt and Hakim Ziyech to extend their aggregate lead to 3–0 at half-time. Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino substituted defensive midfielder Victor Wanyama for striker Fernando Llorente at half-time, and his strike partner, Lucas Moura, scored the team's first goal of the semi-final in the 55th minute. Moura then scored a second goal five minutes later, his tight footwork helping him beat several Ajax players after an initial save by goalkeeper André Onana.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Tottenham Hotspur
After Tottenham failed to convert several chances to level the tie, the match entered five minutes of stoppage time. As the clock passed the five-minute mark, Moura completed his hat-trick with a first-time shot from just inside the penalty area to make the score 3–3 on aggregate and put Spurs through to the final on away goals. The second leg was hailed as one of the greatest comebacks in Champions League history, alongside Liverpool's semi-final played the day before.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Liverpool
Liverpool, the runners-up in the previous year's final, qualified directly for the group stage as the fourth-placed team in the Premier League. They were drawn into Group C alongside French champions Paris Saint-Germain, Napoli of Italy and Serbian champions Red Star Belgrade, who qualified through the play-off round and were making their Champions League group stage debut.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Liverpool
In the opening match of the group stage, Liverpool faced Paris Saint-Germain at Anfield and won 3–2 with a goal in stoppage time by substitute Roberto Firmino. Liverpool failed to produce a shot on target during their 1–0 loss to Napoli at the Stadio San Paolo on matchday 2, which the home side won with a 90th-minute goal from Lorenzo Insigne. Liverpool retook their position at the top of Group C following a 4–0 home victory over Red Star Belgrade on 24 October, including a brace from Mohamed Salah, but suffered a shock 2–0 defeat to Red Star two weeks later in Belgrade and fell to second place behind Napoli.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Liverpool
At the Parc des Princes in Paris, Liverpool were defeated 2–1 by Paris Saint-Germain and fell to third place in the group, putting them in jeopardy of a group stage elimination. Liverpool won their final group stage match, played on 11 December against Napoli at Anfield, with Salah scoring the only goal of the game. Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson saved Arkadiusz Milik's shot from eight yards out deep into second half injury time to preserve a clean sheet. Liverpool remained tied with Napoli on points, head-to-head record and goal difference but advanced to the knockout phase on total goals scored, with nine goals to Napoli's seven.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Liverpool
Liverpool were matched against German champions Bayern Munich in the round of 16 and played to a scoreless draw in the first leg at Anfield, mirroring the two sides' semi-final tie in the 1980–81 European Cup. They advanced to the quarter-finals by defeating Bayern 3–1 in the second leg at the Allianz Arena, with two goals from Sadio Mané and one from Virgil van Dijk in the second half. Liverpool won their quarter-final tie against Portuguese club Porto with an aggregate score of 6–1, winning 2–0 in the first leg at home and 4–1 away at the Estádio do Dragão.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Liverpool
In the semi-finals, Liverpool faced tournament favourites Barcelona. Former Liverpool forwards Luis Suárez and Philippe Coutinho were playing against their old club for the first time competitively since being sold to Barça for record transfer fees in 2014 and 2018, respectively. Barcelona took advantage of several missed chances from Liverpool's strikers and won 3–0 at home, with two second-half goals by Lionel Messi, including a 25-yard (23 m) free kick in the 82nd minute, his 600th goal for the club.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Liverpool
With a three-goal deficit going into the second leg and preoccupation with the Premier League title race, Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp asked his players to "just try" or "fail in the most beautiful way". Despite Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino being absent with injuries, Liverpool overturned the deficit with a 4–0 win at Anfield, advancing to the final 4–3 on aggregate, in what was described as one of the greatest comebacks in Champions League history.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final, Liverpool
Liverpool's reserve striker Divock Origi scored the opening goal in the seventh minute, followed by a pair of goals in quick succession by half-time substitute Georginio Wijnaldum to level the tie on aggregate in the 56th minute. Alisson made a series of key saves to deny Barcelona a valuable away goal, a repeat of his performance for Roma in the previous year's quarter-final as they overcame a three-goal deficit against Barcelona. Origi scored the match's final goal in the 79th minute, taking advantage of a corner taken quickly from Trent Alexander-Arnold that left him unmarked in the penalty area.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Final identity
The final identity to be used in the final was unveiled on 30 August 2018 during the group stage draw. It was designed by Madrid-based artist Ruben Sanchez (Zoonchez) who drew inspiration from local folklore, including representations of the city emblem, cats (a nickname for Madrilenians), a guitar and a statue in Puerta del Sol. The colour palette includes blues and oranges that represent a type of Madrid sunset that is known as a "candilazo".


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ambassador
The ambassador for the final was former Spain international Luis García, who played for Atlético Madrid in 2002–03 and from 2007 to 2009, and won the UEFA Champions League with Liverpool in 2005.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
With a stadium capacity of 63,500 for the final, a total of 38,000 tickets were available to fans and the general public; the two finalist teams received 17,000 tickets each and another 4,000 tickets were made available for purchase by fans worldwide via UEFA.com from 14 to 21 March 2019 in four price categories: €600, €450, €160 and €70. The remaining tickets were allocated to the local organising committee, UEFA and national associations, commercial partners and broadcasters, and to serve the corporate hospitality programme.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
Prices for accommodation in Madrid and flights to the city from English airports surged by up to 683 percent in the hours after the semi-finals. The handling of the travel logistics and ticket pricing by UEFA were criticised by managers Jürgen Klopp and Mauricio Pochettino, as well as supporters groups representing the two clubs. Tottenham announced plans to show a live screening of the Champions League final at their stadium in London that would be opened to a full-capacity audience.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Opening ceremony
American pop rock band Imagine Dragons performed at the opening ceremony before kick-off, playing a medley of their hits "Believer", "Thunder", "Radioactive" and "On Top of the World", supported by a display of pyrotechnics and fireworks. Ukrainian electric string quartet Asturia Girls performed the UEFA Champions League Anthem as the teams walked out for the match.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Officials
On 14 May 2019, UEFA named Slovenian Damir Skomina as the referee for the final. Skomina became a FIFA referee in 2002, and was previously the fourth official in the 2013 UEFA Champions League Final. His appointment completed a treble of European finals, having officiated the 2017 UEFA Europa League Final between Ajax and Manchester United, as well as the 2012 UEFA Super Cup between Chelsea and Atlético Madrid. He was joined by two of his fellow countrymen, with Jure Praprotnik and Robert Vukan as assistant referees.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Officials
Spaniard Antonio Mateu Lahoz was the fourth official and Danny Makkelie of the Netherlands was the video assistant referee in the debut of the system at a Champions League final. He was joined by his compatriot Pol van Boekel as one of the assistant VAR officials, with Felix Zwayer of Germany appointed as the other assistant VAR for the final. His fellow German Mark Borsch served as the offside VAR official.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary
Prior to kick-off, a moment of silence was observed for Spanish footballer José Antonio Reyes, who had died in a car crash earlier in the day. Liverpool kicked off and earned a penalty kick just 24 seconds into the match when Moussa Sissoko handled the ball in the penalty area, after a pass by Sadio Mané from the left struck his outstretched arm. The resulting penalty in the second minute was scored by Mohamed Salah shooting to the right, giving Liverpool a 1–0 lead and Salah the second-fastest goal in a Champions League final. Tottenham held the majority of possession in the first half, but were unable to find scoring chances; Liverpool had their own chances from a series of six corner kicks, but played cautiously with their lead. The match was briefly interrupted in the 18th minute by a pitch invader.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Summary
The second half featured more chances for Liverpool, including a shot by James Milner that beat goalkeeper Hugo Lloris but went wide of the goal. Both managers made their first set of substitutions around the 60th minute, with Klopp bringing on Divock Origi for Roberto Firmino and Pochettino replacing Harry Winks with Lucas Moura. Tottenham began pressing their attackers forward and took several shots on target in the last half-hour of the regular time, leaving themselves open to counterattacks by Liverpool. Following a corner kick in the 87th minute that was not cleared away by Spurs, Divock Origi struck from inside the penalty area and scored into the bottom right corner of the net. Liverpool won their sixth European Cup and Jürgen Klopp won his first trophy for the club.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Details
The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, which was held on 15 March 2019, 12:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia)Robert Vukan (Slovenia)Fourth official:Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)Video assistant referee:Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)Assistant video assistant referees:Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)Felix Zwayer (Germany)Offside video assistant referee:Mark Borsch (Germany)


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
Liverpool won their sixth European Cup and their second of the Champions League era. The club surpassed Barcelona and Bayern Munich, each with five titles, and ranks third behind Real Madrid (13) and Milan (7) for overall European titles. Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk was named the man of the match by UEFA for his leadership and interventions to break up Tottenham's attacks.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match
Liverpool returned to England the day after the final and celebrated their victory by parading the trophy around Liverpool in an open-top double-decker bus. The parade began at Allerton Maze and continued for 8 miles (13 kilometres) towards the city centre, ending on the Liverpool Strand. Police estimated the number of supporters to be approximately 750,000, with the number of people lining the route causing the parade to last an additional two hours.


2019 UEFA Champions League Final, Post-match, Subsequent matches
As champions, Liverpool faced Chelsea (winners of the 2019 UEFA Europa League Final) in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup, held on 14 August. Liverpool won the match 5–4 on penalties after the game had ended 2–2 after extra time. Representing Europe, Liverpool also took part in the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup. Liverpool went on to win their first Club World Cup title, defeating Monterrey 2–1 in the semi-finals and Flamengo 1–0 after extra time in the final.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final
The 2019 UEFA Europa League Final was the final match of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, the 48th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 10th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. It was played at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan on 29 May 2019, between English sides Chelsea and Arsenal who had beaten Frankfurt and Valencia respectively in the semi-finals making the final a London derby. It was the tenth tournament final to feature two teams from the same association, the second all-English final and the first between teams from the same city.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final
Chelsea won the final 4–1 for their second UEFA Europa League title. As winners, they earned the right to play against Liverpool, the winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup. As Chelsea had already qualified for the Champions League group stage through their league performance, the group stage berth reserved for the Europa League winners was given to the third-placed team of the 2018–19 Ligue 1, Lyon, as the French Football Federation, which oversees Ligue 1, was the 5th-ranked association according to next season's access list.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final
Starting from this season, the Europa League final was played in the same week as the Champions League final. In March 2018, UEFA announced that a fourth substitution would be allowed in extra time and that the number of substitutes had been increased from 7 to 12. The kick-off time was also changed from 20:45 CEST to 21:00 CEST. It was the first Europa League match ever to use the video assistant referee (VAR) system.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Teams
In the following table, finals until 2009 were in the UEFA Cup era, since 2010 were in the UEFA Europa League era.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Venue
This was the first European club competition final to be held in Azerbaijan. The stadium had also been chosen as one of the host venues of UEFA Euro 2020.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Venue, Host selection
For the first time ever, an open bidding process was launched on 9 December 2016 by UEFA to select the venues of the club competition finals (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Women's Champions League and UEFA Super Cup). Associations had until 27 January 2017 to express interest, and bid dossiers must be submitted by 6 June 2017.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Venue, Host selection
UEFA announced on 3 February 2017 that six associations expressed interest in hosting, and confirmed on 7 June 2017 that three associations submitted bids for the 2019 UEFA Europa League Final:


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Venue, Host selection
The following associations expressed interest in hosting but eventually did not submit bids:


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Venue, Host selection
The bid evaluation report was published by UEFA on 14 September 2017. The Baku Olympic Stadium was selected as the venue by the UEFA Executive Committee on 20 September 2017, while the Vodafone Park was successful in its bid to host the 2019 UEFA Super Cup.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
Chelsea were playing in their second Europa League final, having won 2–1 against Benfica in 2013. The match was their sixth overall European final, adding to two Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1971 (a 2–1 win over Real Madrid) and 1998 (a 1–0 win over Stuttgart), and two UEFA Champions League finals in 2008 (1–1, lost 6–5 on penalties to Manchester United) and 2012 (1–1, won 4–3 on penalties over Bayern Munich). In seventeen matches, Chelsea entered the match with a record of six wins, seven draws (two of which they lost on penalties), and four losses in European competitions against fellow English clubs. Most recently, they lost both legs against Manchester United in the quarter-finals of the 2010–11 Champions League.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
It was also Arsenal's second Europa League final, having lost on penalties to Galatasaray in 2000. Like Chelsea, it was the sixth time they appeared in the final of a UEFA competition. They most recently featured in the 2006 UEFA Champions League Final, losing 2–1 to Barcelona. They also reached the final of the Cup Winners' Cup three times: in 1980, when they suffered a 5–4 penalty shoot-out defeat to Valencia following a 0–0 draw; 1994, beating Parma 1–0; and returning in 1995, losing 2–1 at the hands of Real Zaragoza.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
Arsenal had previously won 4–3 on aggregate against Anderlecht in the 1970 final of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, a forerunner to the UEFA Cup/Europa League. Arsenal were winless in their six prior meetings against fellow English clubs, with a record of two draws and four losses. Most recently, they lost both legs against Manchester United in the semi-finals of the 2008–09 Champions League. The match was the fourth Europa League final for manager Unai Emery, who joined Arsenal at the start of the season as the replacement for Arsène Wenger.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
Emery has a perfect record in Europa League finals, winning three consecutive titles with Sevilla in 2014, 2015 and 2016. He now solely holds the record for the most UEFA Cup/Europa League final appearances, having previously been tied with the three finals of Giovanni Trapattoni (1977, 1991, and 1993) and Sven-Göran Eriksson (1982, 1983, and 1998). A win would have seen him surpass Trapattoni and become the outright most successful manager in the competition's history, with four titles.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
The final was the 198th competitive meeting between London rivals Chelsea and Arsenal, with a record of 76 Arsenal wins, 63 Chelsea wins and 58 draws going into the match. The sides met twice during the 2018–19 Premier League season, with each winning at home: Chelsea by a score of 3–2 in the first match, and Arsenal 2–0 in the second.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
They faced each other once before in a European tie, meeting in the quarter-finals of the 2003–04 Champions League; the first match finished as a 1–1 draw, with Chelsea winning the second meeting 2–1 away and advancing to the semi-finals. Domestically, the sides have met in three cup finals, with Arsenal winning the 2002 and 2017 FA Cup finals, and Chelsea winning the 2007 Football League Cup Final.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
The match was the second all-English UEFA Cup/Europa League final, after the inaugural final in 1972 between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur. Overall, it was the tenth UEFA Cup/Europa League final to feature two teams from the same country, previously achieved four times by Italian teams (1990, 1991, 1995, and 1998), twice by Spanish teams (2007 and 2012), and once by German (1980) and Portuguese teams (2011), in addition to England in 1972.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Background
This was the first Europa League final to feature two teams from the same city (London), as well as the fourth in a UEFA club competition final after Madrid-based clubs Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid, who met in the 2014 and 2016 finals of the Champions League, as well as in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup. As Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool also reached the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final, this is the first season to have multiple finals of major European club competitions featuring teams from a single nation.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Final identity
The brand identity for the final was unveiled at the group stage draw on 31 August 2018, taking inspiration from several prominent buildings in Baku. The logo also incorporates Azerbaijan's nickname, the "Land of Fire", by adding a flame to the letter "A", and a common design in Azerbaijani rugs.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Ambassador
The ambassador for the final is former Netherlands international Pierre van Hooijdonk, who won the 2001–02 UEFA Cup with Feyenoord and finished as the top scorer, in which he scored two goals in the final win against Borussia Dortmund.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing and travel
With a stadium capacity of 64,000 for the final, a total amount of 37,500 tickets are available to fans and the general public, with the two finalist teams receiving 6,000 tickets each, and with the other tickets being available for sale to fans worldwide via UEFA.com from 7 to 21 March 2019 in four price categories: €140, €90, €50, and €30. The remaining tickets are allocated to the local organising committee, national associations, commercial partners, and broadcasters, and to serve the corporate hospitality programme.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing and travel
The handling of ticket pricing and travel logistics for English fans, including limited flights and visa requirements to enter Azerbaijan, was criticised by supporters groups representing fans of the two clubs. Heydar Aliyev International Airport, the main airport serving Baku, was described as "too small" to accommodate the expected demand of the Europa League final, and was cited as a reason for the small ticket allocation for travelling fans.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing and travel
Arsenal and Chelsea had failed to sell out their individual allocations by the deadline in late May and planned to return 6,000 unsold tickets to UEFA; several sponsors with their own allocations also followed suit, citing disinterest from their clients. In an official statement, Arsenal called UEFA's decision to host the match in Baku an "unacceptable" situation that "cannot be repeated".


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing and travel
UEFA was also criticised for accepting Azerbaijan as the host of the Europa League final, due to its ongoing conflict with neighbouring Armenia. Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who plays for Arsenal, was given permission to play in the match, but the club raised their concerns about his safety while in the country. Mkhitaryan and Arsenal ultimately decided that he would not travel with the squad to the final match, while the club planned to meet with UEFA after the match to discuss the situation.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing and travel
Several fans from the United Kingdom of Armenian descent were initially denied their entry visas, but allowed into the country after intervention from UEFA. Amnesty International's UK branch criticised the choice of Azerbaijan on the basis of its human rights violations, calling the hosting of the final an "attempt to sportswash its image".


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing and travel
The match had an official attendance of 51,370, making it the third-largest crowd for a Europa League final, but the stadium had large sections of empty seats. Football commentators also decried the lack of atmosphere due to the empty seats and lack of interest from local residents. A report in The Times claimed that local authorities had opened the turnstiles for ticketless fans during the first half to increase attendance and avoid embarrassment, without the authorisation of UEFA.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Trophy tour
The first UEFA Europa League Trophy Tour visited eight European cities, beginning on 5 March 2019 at the Geneva Motor Show, followed by Seville, Berlin, London, Milan, Moscow, and Paris, before concluding at the host city Baku on 16 May 2019.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Officials
On 13 May 2019, UEFA named Italian Gianluca Rocchi as the referee for the final. Rocchi has been a FIFA referee since 2008, and was previously the fourth official in the 2010 and 2017 Europa League finals. He also officiated the 2017 UEFA Super Cup between Real Madrid and Manchester United. He was joined by five of his fellow countrymen, with Filippo Meli and Lorenzo Manganelli as assistant referees, Daniele Orsato as the fourth official, Massimiliano Irrati as the video assistant referee, and Marco Guida as one of the assistant VAR officials. The other assistant VAR for the final was Szymon Marciniak from Poland, with his compatriot Paweł Sokolnicki serving as the offside VAR official.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Pre-match, Opening ceremony
English artist Jonas Blue performed at the opening ceremony preceding the final, and was supported by 150 local dancers.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Summary
In a scoreless first half, Granit Xhaka had a shot for Arsenal that clipped the top of the bar and his teammate, Petr Čech, saved low to his left from Chelsea's Olivier Giroud. Giroud opened the scoring for Chelsea in the 49th minute with a low header to the left corner from 12 yards out after a cross from Emerson Palmieri on the left. Pedro made it 2–0 in the 60th minute when he steered a low shot into the right corner from 12 yards out after a low pass from Eden Hazard on the left.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Summary
Five minutes later, Chelsea were awarded a penalty after a foul on Giroud by Ainsley Maitland-Niles, which Eden Hazard rolled into the left corner, sending Čech the wrong way. Arsenal pulled a goal back in the 69th minute with a powerful right-footed shot from substitute Alex Iwobi from outside the penalty area, but Chelsea made it 4–1 three minutes later with another goal from Hazard, a side-footed shot into the right corner from eight yards out after a pass from Giroud.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Details
The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, which was held on 15 March 2019 at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2019 UEFA Europa League Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Filippo Meli (Italy)Lorenzo Manganelli (Italy)Fourth official:Daniele Orsato (Italy)Video assistant referee:Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)Assistant video assistant referees:Marco Guida (Italy)Szymon Marciniak (Poland)Offside video assistant referee:Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2019) was the 18th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (37th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-17 national teams of Europe. The Republic of Ireland, which was selected by UEFA on 9 December 2016, hosted the tournament.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
A total of 16 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2002 eligible to participate. Starting from this season, up to five substitutions were permitted per team in each match. Moreover, each match has a regular duration of 90 minutes, instead of 80 minutes in previous seasons.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Same as previous editions held in odd-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil as the UEFA representatives.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
In the final, defending champions Netherlands defeated Italy 4–2 to win their fourth title.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualification
All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Republic of Ireland qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2018, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2019.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualification, Qualified teams
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-17 era (since 2002).


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualification, Final draw
The final draw was held on 4 April 2019, 18:30 IST (UTC+1), at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The hosts Republic of Ireland were assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the other teams were seeded according to their results in the qualification elite round.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualification, Final draw
The seven best elite round group winners (counting all elite round results) were placed in Pot 1 and drawn to positions 1 and 2 in the groups, and the remaining eight teams (the eighth-best elite round group winner and the seven elite round group runners-up) were placed in Pot 2 and drawn to positions 3 and 4 in the groups.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Match officials
A total of 8 referees, 12 assistant referees and 4 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Squads
Each national team have to submit a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 38).


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Group stage
The final tournament schedule was announced on 11 April 2019.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Group stage
In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01 and 17.02):


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
Winners qualify for 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The two best losing quarter-finalists enter the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals, Ranking of losing quarter-finalists
To determine the two best losing quarter-finalists which enter the FIFA U-17 World Cup play-off, the losing quarter-finalists are ranked by the following criteria (Regulations Article 16.06):


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Goalscorers
There were 104 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 3.25 goals per match.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Team of the tournament
The UEFA technical observers selected the following 11 players for the team of the tournament:


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup
The following five teams from UEFA qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, International broadcasters, Television
21 of 32 live matches and highlights are available on UEFA.com and UEFA.tv YouTube channel for all territories around the world.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, International broadcasters, Television
Note : Live matches on YouTube is not available in Republic of Ireland (host), Germany, Israel, MENA, and USA.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification
The 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-17 football competition that determined the 15 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Republic of Ireland in the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship final tournament.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification
Apart from Republic of Ireland, all remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition. Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to participate. Starting from this season, up to five substitutions are permitted per team in each match. Moreover, each match has a regular duration of 90 minutes, instead of 80 minutes in previous seasons.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Format
The schedule of each group is as follows, with two rest days between each matchday (Regulations Article 20.04):


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
In the qualifying round and elite round, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
To determine the four best third-placed teams from the qualifying round and the seven best runners-up from the elite round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Articles 15.01, 15.02 and 15.03):


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
The draw for the qualifying round was held on 6 December 2017, 09:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following (a four-year window was used instead of the previous three-year window):


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine, Spain and Gibraltar, Serbia and Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo would not be drawn in the same group.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups
The qualifying round must be played by 20 November 2018.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups
Times up to 27 October 2018 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups, Group 10
The Northern Ireland v Slovakia match, kick-off on 24 October, 13:00 TRT, was abandoned after 13 minutes due to adverse weather conditions, with the remainder of the game played on 25 October, 13:00 TRT. The Turkey v San Marino match, scheduled for kick-off on 24 October, 16:30 TRT, was also postponed due to adverse weather conditions, and rescheduled to 25 October, 15:00 TRT.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Ranking of third-placed teams
To determine the four best third-placed teams from the qualifying round which advance to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group are taken into account.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw
The draw for the elite round was held on 6 December 2018, 11:45 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round. England and Germany, which received byes to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but the best third-placed teams could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group. For political reasons, Kosovo would not be drawn in the same group as either Serbia or Bosnia and Herzegovina.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups
The elite round is scheduled to be played by the end of March 2019.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups
Times up to 30 March 2019 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups, Group 5
Note: Spain were originally to host the group between 20–26 March 2019, but were removed by UEFA as Spain do not recognize Kosovo's independence and would not allow the display of Kosovan symbols. As Ukraine and Greece, the other two teams in the group, also do not recognize Kosovo's independence, UEFA decided the group would be played in the neutral host country Switzerland between 25–31 March 2019.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Elite round, Ranking of second-placed teams
To determine the seven best second-placed teams from the elite round which qualify for the final tournament, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group are taken into account.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Goalscorers
In the qualifying round, there were 309 goals scored in 78 matches, for an average of 3.96 goals per match.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Goalscorers
In the elite round, there were 132 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, Goalscorers
In total, there were 441 goals scored in 126 matches, for an average of 3.5 goals per match.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads
The following is a list of squads for each national team that competed at the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Republic of Ireland. Each national team had to submit a squad of 20 players born on or after 1 January 2002.


2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squads
All ages are as of 2 May 2019, the day before the start of tournament.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
The 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2019) was the 18th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (68th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. Armenia, which was selected by UEFA on 9 December 2016, hosted the final tournament.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
A total of eight teams played in the final tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2000 eligible to participate. Starting from this season, up to five substitutions were permitted per team in each match.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
In the final, Spain defeated defending champions Portugal 2–0 to win their 11th title (8th in the U-19 era).


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualification
All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Armenia qualifying automatically, the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: Qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2018, and Elite round, which took place in spring 2019.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualification, Qualified teams
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-19 era (since 2002).


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Qualification, Final draw
The final draw was held on 31 May 2019, 12:00 AMT (UTC+4), at the Armenia Marriott Hotel in Yerevan, Armenia. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that the hosts Armenia were assigned to position A1 in the draw.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Venues
On 2 April 2019, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that 3 stadiums would host the tournament matches, all located in the capital Yerevan. A special fan zone dedicated to UEFA U19 with a small football court was built on the Opera Square of Yerevan.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Match officials
A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials are appointed for the final tournament.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Squads
Each national team have to submit a squad of 20 players (Regulations Article 37).


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Group stage
The final tournament schedule was announced on 7 June 2019.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Group stage
In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 16.01 and 16.02):


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner, if necessary.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Goalscorers
There were 37 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 2.47 goals per match.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Team of the tournament
The UEFA technical observers selected the following 11 players for the team of the tournament:


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Broadcasting
All 15 live matches and highlights are available on UEFA.tv for all territories around the world.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
The 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-19 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Armenia in the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final tournament.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Apart from Armenia, all remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition. Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to participate. Starting from this season, up to five substitutions are permitted per team in each match.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Format
The schedule of each group is as follows, with two rest days between each matchday (Regulations Article 19.04):


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
In the qualifying round and elite round, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
The draw for the qualifying round was held on 6 December 2017, 10:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following (a four-year window was used instead of the previous three-year window):


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Draw
Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Spain and Gibraltar, Serbia and Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo would not be drawn in the same group.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups
The qualifying round must be played by 20 November 2018.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Groups
Times up to 27 October 2018 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw
The draw for the elite round was held on 6 December 2018, 11:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round. Portugal and Germany, which received byes to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Teams from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine would not be drawn in the same group.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups
The elite round is scheduled to be played on the following FIFA International Match Calendar dates unless all four teams agree to play on another date:


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Groups
Times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Goalscorers
In the qualifying round, there were 243 goals scored in 78 matches, for an average of 3.12 goals per match.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Goalscorers
In the elite round, there were 127 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 3.02 goals per match.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, Goalscorers
In total, there were 370 goals scored in 120 matches, for an average of 3.08 goals per match.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads
Each national team submitted a squad of 20 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads
Players in boldface have been capped at full international level since the tournament.


2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship squads
Ages are as of the start of the tournament, 14 July 2019.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
The 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-21 Euro 2019) was the 22nd edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship (25th edition if the Under-23 era is also included), the biennial international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-21 national teams of Europe. The final tournament was hosted by Italy (and some matches by San Marino) in mid-2019, after their bid was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee on 9 December 2016 in Nyon, Switzerland.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
A total of twelve teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1996 eligible to participate.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Same as previous Under-21 Championships that were held one year prior to the Olympics, this tournament served as European qualifying for the Olympic football tournament, with the top four teams of the tournament qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympic men's football tournament in Japan, where they will be represented by their under-23 national teams with maximum of three overage players allowed. The four teams that qualified for the Olympic Games were the ones that qualified for the knockout stage of this championship. For the first time, the video assistant referee (VAR) system was used at the UEFA European Under-21 Championship.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Hosts
The Italian Football Federation confirmed that Italy would bid to host the tournament in 2019, which also involved the San Marino Football Federation. Italy and San Marino were appointed as hosts at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Nyon on 9 December 2016.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Qualification
All 55 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Italy qualifying automatically (the other co-hosts San Marino would not qualify automatically), the other 54 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining eleven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition, which took place from March 2017 to November 2018, consisted of two rounds:


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Qualification, Qualified teams
Note: All appearance statistics include only U-21 era (since 1978).


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Qualification, Final draw
The final draw was held on 23 November 2018, 18:00 CET (UTC+1), at the Lamborghini headquarters in Sant'Agata Bolognese, hosted by Mia Ceran and conducted by tournament ambassador Andrea Pirlo, who won the tournament in 2000.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Qualification, Final draw
The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams. Italy, the host country, was assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the other teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking following the end of the qualifying stage, calculated based on the following:


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Qualification, Final draw
Each group contained either the hosts or one team from Pot 1 (which were drawn to position B1 or C1), and one team from Pot 2 and two teams from Pot 3 (which were drawn to any of the positions 2–4 in the groups). The draw pots were as follows:


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Venues
On 9 December 2016, Italian Football Federation pre-selected venues (including one inside San Marino territory):


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Squads
Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers, at least 10 full days before the opening match. If a player was injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he could be replaced by another player.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Group stage
The group winners and the best runners-up advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Group stage
In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria would be applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 18.01 and 18.02):


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Group stage, Ranking of second-placed teams
The match-ups of the semi-finals depended on which runners-up qualified (Regulations Article 17.02):


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Goalscorers
There were 78 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 3.71 goals per match.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Awards, Team of the tournament
After the tournament the Under-21 Team of the Tournament was selected by the UEFA Technical Observers.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Qualified teams for 2020 Summer Olympics
The following four teams from UEFA qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic men's football tournament.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Qualified teams for 2020 Summer Olympics
England were ineligible for the Olympics as they are not an Olympic nation (while an agreement was reached between the four British football associations to enter the Great Britain women's team, no agreement was reached for the men's team). Had they reached the semi-finals, the last Olympic spot would have gone to the winner of an Olympic play-off match, scheduled to be played at Stadio Dino Manuzzi, Cesena on 28 June 2019, 21:00 CEST, between the two group runners-up which did not qualify for the semi-finals. However, when England failed to advance out of the group stage, this match was cancelled.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, International broadcasters, Television
All 21 matches were live streamed for the unsold markets via UEFA.tv and highlights were also available for all territories around the world via the UEFA YouTube channel.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final
The 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final was a football match that took place on 30 June 2019 at the Dacia Arena in Udine, Italy, to determine the winners of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The match was contested by Spain and Germany, the defending champions of the competition, making the fixture a rematch of the previous final.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final
Spain won the final 2–1 for their fifth UEFA European Under-21 Championship title, equalling Italy's record.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Uroš Stojković (Serbia)Milan Mihajlović (Serbia)Fourth official:Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)Video assistant referee:Jochem Kamphuis (Netherlands)Assistant video assistant referee:Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
The 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition was a men's under-21 football competition that determined the 11 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Italy in the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament (the other co-hosts San Marino would not qualify automatically).


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
Apart from Italy, all remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition, with Gibraltar and Kosovo making their debuts. Players born on or after 1 January 1996 are eligible to participate.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
In the qualifying group stage, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 14.01):


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
To determine the four best runners-up from the qualifying group stage, the results against the teams in sixth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 14.02):


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
In the play-offs, the team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs qualifies for the final tournament. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 19.01).


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Schedule
The qualifying matches are played on dates that fall within the FIFA International Match Calendar.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Qualifying group stage, Draw
The draw for the qualifying group stage was held on 26 January 2017, 09:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Qualifying group stage, Draw
The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following:


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Qualifying group stage, Draw
Each group contained one team from each of Pots A–F. For political reasons, Spain and Gibraltar, Serbia and Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo would not be drawn in the same group.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Qualifying group stage, Ranking of second-placed teams
To determine the four best second-placed teams from the qualifying group stage which advance to the play-offs, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first, third, fourth and fifth-placed teams in their group are taken into account, while results against the sixth-placed team are not included. As a result, eight matches played by each second-placed team will count for the purposes of determining the ranking.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Play-offs, Draw
The draw for the play-offs was held on 19 October 2018, 13:00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The four teams were drawn into two ties of home-and-away two-legged format.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Top goalscorers
For full lists of goalscorers, see sections in each group:


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1
Group 1 of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Czech Republic, Croatia, Greece, Moldova, Belarus and San Marino. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 26 January 2017, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1
The group was played in home-and-away round-robin format between 7 June 2017 and 15 October 2018. The group winners qualified directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advanced to the play-offs if they were one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1, Matches
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1, Goalscorers
There were 91 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.03 goals per match.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2
Group 2 of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Spain, Slovakia, Iceland, Albania, Estonia, and Northern Ireland. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 26 January 2017, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2
The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between 8 June 2017 and 16 October 2018. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2, Matches
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2, Goalscorers
There were 99 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.3 goals per match.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3
Group 3 of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Denmark, Poland, Finland, Georgia, Lithuania and Faroe Islands. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 26 January 2017, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3
The group was played in home-and-away round-robin format between 8 June 2017 and 16 October 2018. The group winners qualified directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advanced to the play-offs if they were one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3, Matches
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 3, Goalscorers
There were 93 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.1 goals per match.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4
Group 4 of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: England, Netherlands, Ukraine, Scotland, Latvia, and Andorra. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 26 January 2017, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4
The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between 10 June 2017 and 16 October 2018. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4, Matches
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4, Goalscorers
There were 81 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.7 goals per match.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5
Group 5 of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Germany, Israel, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Azerbaijan, and Kosovo. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 26 January 2017, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5
The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between 25 March 2017 and 16 October 2018. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5, Matches
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 5, Goalscorers
There were 94 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.13 goals per match.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6
Group 6 of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Sweden, Belgium, Turkey, Hungary, Cyprus, and Malta. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 26 January 2017, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6
The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between 27 March 2017 and 16 October 2018. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6, Matches
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 6, Goalscorers
There were 84 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 7
Group 7 of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Serbia, Austria, Russia, Macedonia, Armenia and Gibraltar. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 26 January 2017, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 7
The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between 8 June 2017 and 16 October 2018. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 7, Matches
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 7, Goalscorers
There were 101 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.37 goals per match.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8
Group 5 of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: Portugal, Switzerland, Romania, Wales, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Liechtenstein. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 26 January 2017, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8
The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between 28 March 2017 and 16 October 2018. The group winners qualify directly for the final tournament, while the runners-up advance to the play-offs if they are one of the four best runners-up among all nine groups (not counting results against the sixth-placed team).


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8, Matches
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8, Goalscorers
There were 100 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.33 goals per match.


2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 9
Group 9 of the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consists of six teams: France, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, and Luxembourg. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 26 January 2017, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.